Obviously it has to be relevant, and in character, but I say for the cost of 1000gp you can have the Town Crier make an announcement that can be heard everywhere that news from Baldur's Gate would reliably be heard (Such as anywhere in the city or surrounding farmlands.)

Also make one just for the Underdark, etc.

Chaos is relative. What is normal for the Spider is Chaos for the Fly.

How about five gold a word or something? In general, I would think criers would be known for their memory and such and as such, would be paid for that service. Not one flat fee for a message, but maybe a few coins per word, so that you'd be wanting it short and to the point.

Wandering_Woodsman wrote:How about five gold a word or something? In general, I would think criers would be known for their memory and such and as such, would be paid for that service. Not one flat fee for a message, but maybe a few coins per word, so that you'd be wanting it short and to the point.

Someone with 5000 gold can, at 5 gold a message, say a 1000-word message. A short book of 50000 words only costs 250000. Do you want rich people broadcasting an entire book?

Lauron Ivaranth - "...What is the correct response?" - Retired from adventuring, living the quiet life of a scholar.

If this were implemented, it may make more sense to have the messages heard only within normal perception distance to the crier NPCs. This would encourage visits to the cities themselves and better reflect who and where those messages would reach.

It would need to be limited to region, hence TOWN crier, not 'server wide'...

You get the idea.

In order to be implemented within RP parameters, limitations must be set. However, this would also require further restrictions. 5 players could approach the NPC at the same time attempting to have the crier broadcast their message. Which one gets broadcast? Trick question! NONE. But gold will be taken all the same.

ALL JOKES ASIDE.

The more I think about it, the more I consider this meta-game....Town Crier should be only be controlled by DM discretion....remaining true to setting, town criers would only be yelling that which was deemed 'newsworthy' or.....'for the peasants, etc' to hear, by the local leaders and authorities.....